Buying a Howdens kitchen? Make sure what you’re quoted fits the bill

The manufacturer’s practice of producing wildly varying quotations for the same job has left customers confused and angry

Howdens Joinery, Britain’s biggest manufacturer and supplier of fitted kitchens, has been accused of helping builders exploit unsuspecting consumers by producing estimates that bear no relation to the true price of a kitchen.

The supplier recently produced three wildly different itemised estimates for one Hertfordshire family that varied from £9,916 to £44,895. Yet all three estimates relate to exactly the same set of modest kitchen units and appliances. So on the £44,895 estimate, for example, a Howdens 1600RPM integrated washing machine is listed as costing £1,291.99, yet on the £9,916 estimate the price of the same machine has plummeted to £380. And it’s a similar story with the other listed items. So how can the price of white goods and kitchen cupboards vary so dramatically?

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